So this is ChristmasAnd what have you done?Another year overAnd a new one just begun. How does a genealogist take stock in the past year and the year ahead? Last year I calculated my source citations/footnotes (…read more). As we move onto 2026 I looked back at 2025. 8 articles …
I’m happy to announce that my article “Two Doctors and A House: Dr. Andrew J. Harris and Dr. Clara E. (Olds) Harris, Osteopaths in Nashville, Tennessee” has been published in the Tennessee Genealogical Society‘s journal, Ansearchin’ News. A Family Artifact Leads to Genealogical Research As genealogists, we’re always drawn to …
I’m excited to share that my article “Edith ‘La Reina’ Rule (1902-1973): Hollywood Psychic to Genealogical Source” has been published in The California Nugget, the journal of the California Genealogical Society. La Reina’s life showcases the remarkable resilience of women in early 20th-century America. She survived the frontier, reinvented herself …
The Wood ancestry hails from Great Britain. The current issue of Kent Family History Society journal includes my article “The Children of William Wood (1783-1852): The Hairdresser of Sheerness, Kent.” Unlike my own ancestors who were pioneers and farmers on the American frontier, William Wood lived in a bustling port …
A new article, “Freeman Modglin or Truman Modglin? One Man, One Name, and A Two-Hundred-Year-Old Error,” is now available in print and an online in the Tennessee Genealogical Society’s Ansearchin’ News. Our man Modglin moved from North Carolina to settle in Wilson County, Tennessee. This last week I took an …
